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Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 536

This specimen was lot 536 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €180 (about US$251 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"VLAANDEREN, Graafschap, Philips II (1555-1598), AR vijfde Philipsdaalder, 1572, Brugge. Vz/ Geharnast bb. r. Kz/ Gekroond wapenschild op een Bourgondisch kruis tussen twee vuurijzers. Zeer Fraai à Prachtig. (county of Flanders, Philip II, 1555-98, silver fifth daalder of 1572, Bruges mint. Obverse: armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms over a Burgundian cross between two jewels of the Order of the Golden Fleece. very fine to extremely fine.)"

Flanders is now in the heart of Belgium. This coin was part of an early attempt to issue decimal coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 6,81 g.

Catalog reference: G.H. 212-7a; Haeck 660.

Source:

van der Wis, Jan, and Tom Passon, Catalogus van de Nederlandse Munten geslagen sind bet aantreden van Philips II tot aan het einde van de Bataafse Republiek (1555-1806), 2nd ed., Apeldoorn, Netherlands: Omni-Trading b.v., 2009.
^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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 ''Link to:''
 * [[Flanders 1566 1/5 ecu|1566 ''vijfde Philipsdaalder'']]
-* [[Flanders 1568 daalder Dav-8650|1568 daalder]]
+* [[Flanders 1568 rijksdaalder Dav-8650|1568 daalder]]
 * [[Flanders 1572 1/10 ecu|1572 ''tiende Philipsdaalder'']]
 * [[Flanders 1576 1/20 ecu|1576 ''twintigste Philipsdaalder'']]

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